Jean-Pierre Haignere
Jean-Pierre Haigneré
is a French Air Force officer and a former CNES spationaut.
Haigneré was born 19 May 1948 in Paris, France and joined the French Air Force, where he trained as a test pilot. He flew on two missions to the Mir space station in 1993 and 1999. The Mir Altair long-duration mission (186 days) in 1993 also included an EVA. In addition to his duties at the European Space Agency, Haigneré is also involved in a European space tourism initiative, the Astronaute Club Européen (ACE), which he co-founded with Alain Dupas and Laurent Gathier.
Spaceflights:
No. Mission Position Time Duration
1 Soyuz TM-17 / Soyuz TM-16 Research Cosmonaut 01.07. - 22.07.1993 20d 16h 08m
2 Soyuz TM-29 / Mir-27 Flight Engineer 20.02. - 28.08.1999 188d 20h 16m
Total 209d 12h 24m
